Re: trouble with decltype

From:
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Daniel_Kr=FCgler?= <daniel.kruegler@googlemail.com>
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Date:
Sat, 7 Apr 2012 14:28:11 -0700 (PDT)
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Am 06.04.2012 21:55, schrieb Brendan:

I'm getting some weird behavior from decltype, at least on my compiler
(g++ 4.6). Could someone explain whether this is standard and why?

Consider:

std::vector<int> vec;
decltype(vec)::value_type x;

The second line gives me the error:
expected initializer before "x"

I'm not sure what that means in this context. I'd expect my decltype
code to be the same as:

std::vector<int>::value_type x;

Is :: prohibited to be used with decltype? If so, what's the best
workaround? Just pass decltype to an intermediary template like so?


I just notice that I forgot to respond to your last question in my
previous reply: The most simple workaround for a defective compiler
should be to split the declaration of x into two parts:

std::vector<int> vec;
typedef decltype(vec) c_t;
c_t::value_type x;

This should work.

foo<decltype(bar)>::value_type

Seems kind of inconvenient if that is the case...


I agree and it should not be necessary to introduce an additional type
layer (like foo) for this simple request.

If the two-step declaration is no good workaround for you, you should
consider to switch to gcc 4.7.

HTH & Greetings from Bremen,

Daniel Kr?gler

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